Picture or sign frame.



E. REACH.

PICUH UH SIGN FRAME.

Mmc/HUN min JULY 2A |915.

lzlrcntd Nov. 2l, 1916.

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REACH, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS E. 'WALDECBL DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME OF E. WALDECK & CO., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW

JERSEY.

PICTIIRE OR SIGN FRAME.-

ana-mu Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

To il wlw/m. t may concern: Be it known that I, ERWIN REACH, a suband a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Picture or Sign Frame, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is -to provide a neuv and improved frame for pictures,

signs, cards and like aiticles, and Which is.

. very simple in construction, cheap to manucess in the face of the frame body for the reception of a pane of glass, and the picture, sign or like article to be framed, and retaining means attached to the said frame body for holding the pane of glass and the picture in place in the recess.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drayvings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure `1 is a front face view of the frame; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the frame prior to cutting the opening in the mat; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the finished frame on the line 3 3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4t is a face viefv of the frame body, also showing in dotted lines the blank from which the frame body is made; and Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a modified forni of the picture frame.

The frame body A is formed from a sheet of card-board or other similar stiff material and of a size in excess ofthe finished frame body as indicated in broken lines in Fig. 4. This blank of sheet material is creased adjacent and parallel to the edges of the blank, after which the corners are cut of, as indicated in Fig. 4, to provide mitered flaps A Which are'bent over onto one face of the sheet and are fastened thereto by paste, glue or other suitable fastening `)ect of the Emperor of Austria-IrIungary,

means. By the arrangement described, the flaps A form a recess for the reception of a picture, sign, card or other article B to be fiamed and also a pane of glass C overlying the article B, as plainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. By reference to these figures, it will be .noticed that the recess formed by the strips A is of a depth corresponding to the aggregate thickness of the article B and-the pane of glass C, so that the outer face of the pane of glass C and the outer faces of the strips A are iiush. A mat D is placed over the strips A and the pane of glass C and is secured to the strips A by, glue, paste or.

other suitable adhesive substance. lThe mat D is provided With a facing or a covering E of paper or similar flexible material, ornaniented on its face to give the frame an appearance in harmony with the subject matter of the picture B or other article held in the frame. The covering E extends beyond the edges of the mat as Well as the edges of the strips A and the face of the fiame A, to be fastened to the rear face of the frame A by a suitable adhesive substance. Thus by the use of the covering E a highly ornamental appearance is given to the picture frame and at the same time the projecting,

portion E is used for fastening the mat D securely in position and covering up the raw edges ofthe mat D, the strips A and the frame body A.v A backing F of thin paper is usually pasted to the rear face of the frame A and overlaps the terminal edgeof the portion E of the covering E.

In practice, the mat D is formed from a piece of cardboard. to one face of which is secured the facing` E (see Fig. 2) with the portion E projecting freely beyond the edges of the said piece, which latter isV fastened in place as above described, after Which the mat opening D is out out With the pane of glass C as a foundation to insure a fine cutl by the cutting tool, with the Wall of the opening beveled, as plainly indicated in Figs. l and 3.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5, the frame body A2 also forms the mount and has an opening As and strips A4 bent upon its back to provide a recess for the pane of glass C. The covering E2 extends over the face of the frame portion A2 and around the edges thereofI onto the back of the strips AL1 to which the free portions E3 of' the covering E2 are fastened. `A cut-out Atraine to eenvenientl;y piace a picture onto the back of the palle ol ,glass C in the opening' of the frame H,y after whieh the other three sides or' the hack I are glued, pasted or otherwise attached to the fame H `to seal the picture in place.

The picture or sign frame shown and described is ver)v simple in construction and owing` to the. ornamental covering' E (E2) is rendered highly ornamental in appearance and in harman)7 with the subject matter ot' the picture contained in the traine.

The edges of the pane of 4lass-'C used for protecting the face of the picture B t against the inner edges of the strips A to prevent slippingl of the pane, and as the strips fi are ot a thickness corresponding to the aggregate thickness of the picture and the pane of ,glass the edges of the latter are thoroughly protected against breaking or cracking especially when handling or shipping the. t' ames and the pictures mounted thereon.

Haringr thus described niv invention` l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A mount or traine, comprising a pane oi" glass. a vtraine bedr 'toi-ined of a sheet el; .stilli material creased alenaits margin to form strips lient upon one tace of the sheet and fastened thereto to provide a recess for the reception of the said pane. of glass. and retaining means attached tothe said traine hotly and includingr a covering ornainented on its face to give the traine an appearance in harmony with the suhjer matter of the picture to he framed. the. said covering overI4 lying' the face of the ran'ie bod),r and extendine1 around the edges of the saine te the hack thereof.

2. A mount or traine. comprising a pane of ,eflassq a traine bodv formed of a sheet of stiii material creased alone; its margin vto form strips bent upon one face ot' the sheet and fastened thereto to provide a recess in the said face for the reception or' the article to be Vtrained and the said pane et` glass. the depth et the recess corresminding approxiinatel)T to the aggregate thickness of the article and the pane of glass and a inat overlyine the said strips and the margin ot the pane of glass, and an ornamental covering attached to the face of the n'iat. of flexible. material. the corerirn;Y extending bevond the edges of the niat and being lient over the edges of the mat and the edges oi the back and its strips and being jfastened to the rear face of the frame body.

In testimony wher-emc I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

- ERYVIN REACH. lWitnesses THEO. G. HOSTER, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

